Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
Van Gogh supposedly gave it to Gabrielle Berlatier, a farmer’s daughter who worked as a maid at a brothel frequented by Van Gogh. He was found unconscious the next morning by a policeman and taken to hospital where Félix Rey, a young doctor still in training, treated him. The ear was delivered to the hospital but Rey did not attempt to reattach it as too much time had passed.
(24 December 1888)
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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 6th of March 1986 39 years ago |
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 Painter Georgia O'Keeffe aka The Mother of American Modernism dies of natural causes at the age of 99 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. O'Keefe's ashes were scattered on the land around her home and studio Ghost Ranch. |
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